Posted on 05/18/2002 7:20:15 PM PDT by varina davis
Over there. No,the "other" there.
when does the evacuation start,
Soon.
how much insurance should I buy?
All of it. Put it in my name.
milk....bread......toilet paper
milk....bread......toilet paper
milk....bread......toilet paper
Yes I'm a former east-coaster
No. Clinton bombed a weather station in Afghanistan.
Hurricane supplies are as follows: 30 gallons of water; an entire truckload of sand bags; 10 sheets of 3/4" plywood; case of duct tape; a pallet of toilet paper and paper towels; a pallet of varied canned goods; mostly beans, rice, vienna sausage, spam, bread, powdered milk; plenty of home-grown veggies that most likely will not be blown away in a storm; 4 45# forklift propane tanks with appropriate adaptor for outdoor grill; 45kw Diesel generator; 150 gallons of No. 2 Diesel fuel; 55 gallons 100 octane unleaded gasoline in sealed drum; a case of vodka and half a dozen bottles of bloody mary mix; 12 cases of beer; 100 lbs of dogfood, 50 lbs of cat food; all our combined rifles, shotguns and pistols and lots of ammo for each; numerous extra pairs of glasses; prescriptions fully refilled each month on the first; a dozen rosaries, Bibles, prayer books; couple boxes of assorted AAA through D cell batteries and extras for cameras, hearing aids, laptops and cell phones; 2 radios including one shortwave; 3 CO2 bottles and dry ice making apparatus; 5 32 qt ice chests.
We stay in our warehouse/shop with built in living quarters. I don't believe that much can happen to collapsing the building by way of tearing down the structural support beams; it'd just tear the tin off, and the inside structure is iron beamed with insides just like a house, except no windows. A house inside a way bigger building, basically. There's enough here to support 15 people (all my immediate family) for 30 days. More people can be supported if they add their supplies too. The day before a 'cane is definitely going to hit, we cook most of all the meat in the reefers and deep freezes and keep it good with the dry ice. It doesn't go uneaten. This area hasn't been hit by a really bad one since '57 (Aubrey) so the infrastructure and buildings will go to the drink when one does. If we survive it, we will be able to support ourselves. Evacuation is not an option. Our entire family lives here as well is our business. We will all die together/survive together and we have to protect ourselves and life investment as well as others who can't protect themselves or those who have left town during a post-disaster situation. Last time a tornado touched down and caused damage it promoted looting and rioting, including the theft of about $75k in equipment and product from our business alone. We ride the 'canes out. Either it gets us or it doesn't.
Personally, I think they should go back to just using girl's names for the storms. Andrew, Floyd, Hugo...these boys are BAD!
Yeah, they do give us time to evacuate. Of course, for Floyd, we spent hours packing our stuff & boarding up (we were living in a mobile home at the coast at the time, didn't expect to have anything left there if it hit as predicted), hours in a traffic jam evacuating, and then could have stayed home as what actually made landfall was equivalent to your average summer storm. Then had to make up the 'storm days' at the end of the school year.
OTOH, I saw what HUGO did, and there's no way I want to try riding out a big storm! :)
Each one of these lovely hurricanes drops at least three days of soaking rains here on Maryland!
The back of me hand and the International Salute to Fuerher G the Intolerable.
Not to worry "Omar" is a good American name, see.... Omar Nelson Bradley, General Of The Army ...and he was from Missouri too.
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